Re: Where is the data directory on Mac OS X?

[Eduardo Flores <eduardo-wKVUSyMwCkyX6QiC4yPwbg@public.gmane.org>]

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5 hours and tons of searching in pandoc docs I find this... THANK YOU.

I'm sorry but i'm not too familiar with the terminal, how would I go about 
changing the "default.latex" that pandoc uses to write a pdf (I'm writing 
from R to PDF, and the knitr package relies on pandoc) and want to change 
the layout...


On Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 2:09:29 PM UTC-6, Phil wrote:
>
> Thank you for the reply. I had just realized that was probably going on 
> (data files built into the binary) just before I got your post. I was able 
> to get the functionality I was wanting by creating a local override as you 
> suggested.
>
> For anyone else who is interested, I had to create a hidden folder 
> ".pandoc" in my home folder. I did this with the command mkdir ".pandoc". I 
> was then able to drop a reference.docx file into that folder that pandoc 
> now uses when outputting to docx. Related, a nice utility app that I 
> discovered for showing hidden files and folders in the Finder is called 
> invisibliX. I know you can also do this with command line but I'm still new 
> to the shell and enjoy a user interface when I can get one :-)
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Phil
>
> On Sunday, October 27, 2013 3:55:48 PM UTC-4, fiddlosopher wrote:
>>
>> Starting with 1.12, all the data files are built into the binary. 
>> This makes it possible to move the binary without breaking things. 
>>
>> You can use `--print-default-data-file` to print these to stdout. 
>>
>> You can also locally override them by putting files in ~/.pandoc. 
>>
>> +++ Phi [Oct 27 13 08:58 ]: 
>> > More info in case it helps someone help me out. 
>> > 
>> > I have pandoc 1.11.1 installed on another Mac. It has the data folder 
>> > stored within usr/local/share/pandoc-1.11.1/data 
>> > 
>> > However, on the Mac with pandoc 1.12.1, the file path ends at 
>> > usr/local/share. There is no pandoc-1.12.1 folder beyond that and 
>> obviously 
>> > no data folder within. What confuses me is that 1.12.1 does produce a 
>> > styled dock output, so there must be a reference.docx data file 
>> somewhere. 
>> > I just can't find it. 
>> > 
>> > If it is relevant, the 1.11.1 instance was initially installed under OS 
>> X 
>> > 10.8 (but now running in 10.9). The 1.12.1 instance was installed under 
>> OS 
>> > X 10.9. Maybe a bug in the installer package? 
>> > 
>> > Any insights into this would be greatly appreciated. 
>> > 
>> > Phil 
>> > 
>> > On Saturday, October 26, 2013 10:16:20 PM UTC-4, yi lu wrote: 
>> > > 
>> > > I have no idea, but normally you can try to create one directory 
>> instead. 
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Phi <phillip...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org 
>> <javascript:>>wrote: 
>> > > 
>> > >> I'm running Pandoc 1.12.1 on Mac. I am unable to find the data 
>> directory 
>> > >> folder for inserting a different docx template. The --version 
>> command shows 
>> > >> it as being in /Users/myname/.pandoc but I do not see it there even 
>> > >> after showing hidden files. Anyone able to provide some guidance? 
>> > >> 
>> > >> Thanks you. 
>> > >> Phil 
>> > >>   
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